->''Stand up and fight\\Stand up and fight\\Ultraman Ace\\He's the ace of outer space!''

'''''Ultraman Ace''''' is {{toku}}satsu show that aired from 1972 to 1973. It is the fifth installment in the ''Franchise/UltraSeries''.

[[BigBad Yapool]], an interdemensional creature, seeks to take over the Earth with Choujuu, his monster experiments. Ultraman Ace goes to combat him not in one, but ''two'' guises: TAC officers [[TheHero Seiji Hokuto]] and [[ActionGirl Yuhko Minami]]. Together, Seiji and Yuhko [[spoiler:(and later just Seiji)]] must combat Yapool's forces for the peace of the Earth.

----!!''Ultraman Ace'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* ActionGirl: Yuhko* AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler:Ace Killer absorbed the powers of all the crucified Ultras in episodes 13 and 14 to defeat Ace. It didn't work.]]* BadassBystander: Hokuto and Minami started out as this, before they became Ace's hosts.* BatSignal: The Ultra Sign, which is different for each Ultra Hero, allows Ace to call for help.* BloodierAndGorier** A guest Kaiju losing body parts in Episode 8 is one example of how this series was gorier than the previous show.** [[spoiler:Or people melting before your eyes...]]* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: Or rather, "Ring Touch", "Ultra Touch", or something similar.* BigBad: Yapool* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Alien Simon]]* TheBusCameBack: The Christmas episode, with two returning Ace characters. Rumiko, Jiro, and Goh from ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'' in Episode 10. [[spoiler:Minami in the last episode.]]* ColdSnap: Episodes 13 & 14.* CommutingOnABus: Zoffy, Ultraman, Ultra Seven, and Ultraman Jack.* ContinuityNod: The five Ultra pledges.* CriticalAnnoyance: The Color Timer, again.* CrucifiedHeroShot: Episode 13. Even Ace ended up in such a pose after fighting Barrabas to exhaustion.* DimensionLord: Yapool* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:the four Ultra Brothers and Father of Ultra]]* DramatisPersonae: Used in the last episode at the very end for identifying TAC members.* EvilCounterpart: Ace Killer * EvilDoppelganger: Hideki Goh is impersonated by an alien in episode 10.* EvilKnockoff: Ace Robot, which Ace Killer used for target practice.* {{Foreshadowing}}** Both hosts would suffer the effects of Ace's injuries and energy depletion, Minami more so that Hokuto. Then, she had to leave Earth for good.** Minami's first name, Yuhko.** In Episode 28, Minami sees strange lights on the moon; then Lunatyx appears...** In Episode 26, Alien Hippolito leaves behind an Ace action figure, which an angry child throws across the room in disgust, beheading it. Hokuto took it back to TAC HQ. Ace ended up falling in Hippolito's trap, not really losing his head, but still...** Minami is big on classical music, especially with Moon in the title, which she even plays in future appearances (Moonlight Sonata).** Speaking of which, the sad background music playing throughout Episode 28 is Debussy's ''Clair De Lune'', a piece about the Moon. * FourIsDeath: How many Ultramen were crucified on planet Golgotha? Four. They happened to be the same ones who came down to rescue Ace from Alien Hippolito [[spoiler:only to fall into the same trap as Ace.]] Subverted when Father of Ultra joined the fray.* FusionDance: Ultraman Ace's first method of transforming. * {{Gorn}} * HenshinHero* HumanAliens: [[spoiler:Minami, who came from the Moon. Hokuto is a human host.]]* HumanoidAliens: The Ultra Brothers.* IdiotHero: Hokuto was perhaps the first instance of this in ''Ultra'' History... even in ''Series/UltramanMebius'' he still showed signs of being the hothead of the Ultra hosts.* ImpostorForgotOneDetail: Goh is left handed, loves rice cakes, and knows how to use chopsticks. Yapool should know that.* LargeHam: Creator/TesshoGenda chews the scenery as YAPOOOOOL!* LastNoteNightmare: In some of the cliffhangers.* HonorBeforeReason: Captain Ryuu's superior officer trying to blow up planet Golgotha with a missile. Ryuu ordered Hokuto to disregard that order. Hokuto [[TakeAThirdOption took a third option]].* MadeOfPhlebotinum: The Specium Missiles wielded by TAC's planes.* MeaningfulName** Hokuto = ''North Star''** Minami = ''South'', [[spoiler:Yuh = ''Moon'']]** Golgotha was the name of the planet where Ace Killer lured the Ultra Brothers in Episode 13, the same planet where all of them, except Ace, were crucified!** Barrabas was the name of Ace Killer's kaijuu.** Lunatyx, from the Latin ''Luna'' = [[{{Foreshadowing}} Moon]]* MixAndMatchCritter: Jumbo King, Yapool's last monster, is created from many of his previously destroyed beasts.* MoodWhiplash: See MythologyGag below. This seemingly lighthearted moment leads to a much darker plot concerning that alien.** Ace playing "Toreador" with a kaijuu (complete with Bizet playing in the background). Everything was funny until the kaijuu knocked him silly.* MoonRabbit / HairRaisingHare: Lunatyx* MythologyGag: Sort of. In the last episode Zoffy, Ultraman, and Ultra Seven (actually, three kids in Halloween masks) are attacking an alien. Seven even shoots an Eye Slugger.* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands** Check out the [[AllYourPowersCombined Space Q]] in episode 14.** Ace used [[PhantomZone a red bubble to trap Alien Metron Jr.]] in episode 8, thus reducing the number of simultaneous threats to fight from three to just two.* NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler:Alien Simon]]* OffWithHisHead: Often* PhantomZone: Yapool's dimension, from whence they release their Choujuu.* PutOnABus: Minami in episode 28, Father of Ultra in episode 27.* RecycledSoundtrack: From ''Series/UltraSeven'', with some selections from ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman''. * ReTool: After Minami left, Hokuto became the sole human host for Ace, and the show became a bit DarkerAndEdgier.* TheReveal** [[spoiler:Minami is from the Moon.]]** In the last episode, [[spoiler:the seemingly benign Alien Simon turned out to be Yapool, who has created Jumbo King (a kaijuu made up of parts of other kaijuu), and turns children against Hokuto, who then reveals his SecretIdentity to everybody.]]* SecretKeeper:** For Hokuto and Minami, TAC. Also, the children who were deceived by Alien Simon, for Hokuto. ** Hokuto and Minami transform and save Jiro at the same time, so it's possible he (and Rumiko) knows.* SheCleansUpNicely: Out of uniform [[spoiler:and in her true form]], Minami.* SignificantReferenceDate: July 7th, the birthday for Hokuto and Minami, was actually Eiji Tsuburaya's birthday. At the end of Episode 14, Konno wonders whether they're siblings or sweethearts.* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Ace in the opening credits, which feature Kaijuu from ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'' and ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.** The kaijuu are an inversion, as they don't appear in this show.* SpoilerTitle: [[spoiler:"Goodbye Minami, Moon's little Sister"]]* SubvertedKidsShow* TransformationTrinket: The Ultra Rings.* TransformationSequence: Tsuburaya, in a direct attempt to compete with ''Franchise/KamenRider'''s transformation sequences, featured Hokuto and Minami doing stunts such as leaping several feet into the air to transform.* UpToEleven: The Choujuu, beefed-up Kaiju created by the Yapool.* WhamEpisode: Episode 28, when Minami leaves the team.* WonderTwinPowers: How Hokuto and Minami summon Ace, after each of their rings shines. [[spoiler:They don't need to be in actual physical contact; just a hand on a video screen will do!]]* WorfHadTheFlu: The Father of Ultra fights Alien Hipporito and, while doing the best out of everyone to fight him, loses (but revives Ace who finishes the job). The Father of Ultra had actually been weakened due to a combination of things (depending on the source, he either expended too much energy going to Earth top speed or was tired from training Taroh). Later appearances show the Father of Ultra otherwise would have crushed Hipporito without breaking a sweat.